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  • Important update from the Basenji Club of America:

    The Basenji Health Endowment is pleased to announce the establishment of
    its own website and information portal for the Basenji Fancy. The BHE can
    be found at:

    http://www.BasenjiHealth.org or http://www.BasenjiHealthEndowment.org.

    To inagurate our new website, the Basenji Health Endowment is pleased to
    announce that it has directly funded Dr. Gary Johnson of the University of
    Missouri to develop a marker-based test for Fanconi Syndrome. You may read
    the complete press release at:

    http://www.BasenjiHealth.org/bhe042007.pdf

  • @Quercus:

    Important update from the Basenji Club of America:

    The Basenji Health Endowment is pleased to announce the establishment of
    its own website and information portal for the Basenji Fancy. The BHE can
    be found at:

    http://www.BasenjiHealth.org or http://www.BasenjiHealthEndowment.org.

    To inagurate our new website, the Basenji Health Endowment is pleased to
    announce that it has directly funded Dr. Gary Johnson of the University of
    Missouri to develop a marker-based test for Fanconi Syndrome. You may read
    the complete press release at:

    http://www.BasenjiHealth.org/bhe042007.pdf

    And also there are links if you would like to donate to the Health Endowment… this is a very important break through for our breed and especially for breeders. For anyone that has had or knows of a Fanconi Affilicted Basenji.. knows what a terrible affilication this is.... and for us to finally start to get a handle on it is something we have been waiting for.....

    Please all remember strip test your Basenjis... at least once a month....

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